Cats are good friends of human beings, and they carry a variety of bacteria and viruses. These pathogens interact with each other to cause a variety of diseases, causing cats to experience symptoms such as high fever, anorexia, diarrhea, weight loss, and even death. Common cat diseases include cat scratch disease, toxoplasmosis, feline respiratory disease complex, feline leukemia, feline distemper, feline immunodeficiency disease, etc. Some of these diseases are zoonotic, and the widespread prevalence of cat diseases can pose a threat to the health of cats and humans. Therefore, assessing the health of cats is very important for the control and treatment of these disease.
Figure 1. Structure of the FIV particle: PR, protease; RT, reverse transcriptase; IN, integrase; DU, deoxyuridine triphosphatase; SU, surface envelope glycoprotein; TM, transmembrane envelope glycoprotein; MA, matrix; CA, capsid; and NC, nucleocapsid (Lecollinet, et al., 2008).
In recent years, various assays have been developed to detect cat pathogens to assess the health status of cats to reduce cat mortality and the risk of zoonotic disease. Immunodiagnosis is a diagnostic method based on immunology that uses the specific immune response between antigens and antibodies to determine the immune status and detect various diseases. This method is commonly used to detect the presence of specific antibodies to cat pathogens in cat serum, plasma or anticoagulated whole blood samples to screen for cat disease.
BioVenic is a supplier of biological reagents and kits, and has been developing diagnostic reagents for animal pathogens for many years. Our goal is to be a great company that improves the health and well-being of pets and livestock. We have a professional team with extensive experience in veterinary diagnostics and reagent development, and we can provide you with high quality cat diseases antibodies and recombinant proteins that enable you to study immune responses and diseases in cats. Our antibodies for cat diseases are suitable for ELISA, immunohistochemistry, immunoprecipitation, protein blotting, etc. If you have any needs, please feel free to contact us.
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